Heimlich Maneuver developer, 96, saved a life with his own technique for the first time

I used the manoeuvre about fifteen years ago to stop my then girlfriend’s 3yo daughter from choking on a boiled lolly… Never practised it before or anything, but once I realised it was happening (about two seconds in), I was up and spun her around, and popped it out in about a second, while my girlfriend was still screaming.

I impressed myself quite a bit; it was so quick and smooth it was like it was choreographed and rehearsed.

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